MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '17 at 15:29
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 714 73% 591 Pts	64-Core 735 46% 735 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 117 Parallax 95.8 91% 108 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 104 Splatting 101 83% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4016 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1063 (B1) Unknown 97 97 48 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 49 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 91 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23145750829	112% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 407 Mixed 420 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 47 183% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 27.8 82% 175 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 166 Write 178 Mixed 589 71% 311 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 45.4 185% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 33.5 DQ Write 500 DQ Mixed 94.2 124% 209 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 157%
OCZ SOLID3 120GB 1,720 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 11GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2517960 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 37142877204953 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2570 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 664 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2517960 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2517960 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2517960 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 21815 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18170 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18170 (F2) Unknown 0 0 30754	49.8% Average	Read 205 Write 109 Mixed 125 32% 146 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 13.2 103% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 29.7 48% 93.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 61%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 171 167 6408 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7639 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12915 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7620 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1672 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 158 158 126531 (C2) HDA temperature 122 102 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.8% Good	Read 119 Write 117 Mixed 111 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.17 84% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 114733444 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7357 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 70659783 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25144 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3634 (B7) Unknown 96 96 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 17180132670 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 94977261597 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 68719476765 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 19 114733444 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 9836 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -81144817089349 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1295436343 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1280337639	68.2% Good	Read 122 Write 116 Mixed 116 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.48 113% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 68%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 64GB-$7 7,617 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 54GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 152 Write 107 Mixed 119 155% 126 MB/s	4K Read 6.01 4K Write 3.04 4K Mixed 1.23 167% 3.42 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$38 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 32.5 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 31.4 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 107%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) - $500

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,120x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	301x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	319x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	255x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	231x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	94x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	114x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	38x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,056

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16